EVS 1990 (ZA4460)

The second wave was launched in 1990 to explore the dynamics of value change. It covered almost the same topics as the first wave. Representative multi-stage random samples respectively quota samples of the adult population 18 years and older were drawn. Personal interviews with standardized questionnaires were conducted between 1990 and 1993 in 27 European countries, the United States, and Canada. The national datasets were combined into an international dataset including a total of 29 countries. There is also an overview of participating countries in the several EVS waves provided.

Latest news on this wave

Current dataset version Release v3.0.0 as of November 2011, doi:10.4232/1.10790
(Documentation: as of 2013-09-30). For further information on data download, see Data Access.

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Documentation related to the Integrated Dataset

Study description: Information on origin and content of data, version history and errata, and direct access to the data.

Variable Report: Documentation of the Integrated Dataset with question texts of the English Master Questionnaire and frequency counts by country.

Master Questionnaire : EVS basic questionnaire.

Measuring and Comparing Values in 16 Countries of the Western World - Documentation of the European Values Study 1981-1990 in Europe and North America, Loek Halman and Astrid Vloet, WORC report 94.11.001, November 1994. (PDF file can be downloaded here).

The Common EVS/WVS Dictionary – EVS Trend provides an overview of all variables used in the five EVS waves and their correspondence in terms of comparability. Further, the EVS variable catalog in the GESIS Search contains the variable documentation and enables the search for variables and questions as well as their comparison.

Documentation related to the national datasets

Field questionnaires (FQ) in all languages fielded in the respective country, including Show Cards.
EVS 1981-2008 Method Overview: Summarized information for all participating countries on origin and content of data.

Country	Field work period	Sample size	Questionnaire
Austria	09-04-1990 - 01-06-1990	1460	FQ
Belgium	10-06-1990 - 27-06-1990	2792	FQ
Bulgaria	01-08-1990 - 31-12-1991	1034	FQ
Canada	01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990	1730	FQ
Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	26-08-1991 - 06-10-1991	2109	FQ
Denmark	01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990	1030	FQ
Estonia	01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990	1008	FQ
Finland	01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990	588	FQ
France	25-06-1990 - 13-07-1990	1002	FQ
Germany West	23-04-1990 - 15-05-1990	2101	FQ
Germany East	28-05-1990 - 16-06-1990	1336	FQ
Great Britain	01-06-1990 - 20-09-1990	1484	FQ
Hungary	05-1991 - 06-1991	999	FQ
Iceland	01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990	702	FQ
Ireland	06-07-1990 - 26-10-1990	1000	FQ
Italy	26-10-1990 - 26-11-1990	2018	FQ
Latvia	01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990	903	FQ
Lithuania	01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990	1000	FQ
Malta	1991	393	FQ
Netherlands	01-06-1990 - 30-09-1990	1017	FQ
Northern Ireland	01-07-1990 - 30-09-1990	304
Norway	04.06.1990	1239	FQ
Poland	05-1990 - 06-1990	982	FQ
Portugal	11-05-1990 - 13-07-1990	1185	FQ
Romania	1993	1103	FQ
Slovakia/ Slovak Republic	26-08-1991 - 08-09-1991	1136	FQ
Slovenia	01-02-1992 - 28-02-1992	1035	FQ
Spain	09-04-1990 - 14-05-1990	2637	FQ
Sweden	01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990	1047	FQ
USA	01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990	1839	FQ